Criminal Law and Procedure Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course explores the foundations of criminal law and the procedures involved in the criminal justice system. Students will examine the elements of crimes, the classification of offenses, and the principles that underpin criminal responsibility and defenses. The course covers the process from investigation through arrest, arraignment, trial, sentencing, and appeals, providing an in-depth understanding of constitutional protections such as the rights to due process, legal counsel, and protection against self-incrimination. Through case studies and analysis of statutes, students develop a comprehensive perspective on how criminal laws are interpreted and enforced in practice.
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The American System of Criminal Justice 16th Edition by George F. Cole
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Chapter 1: Crime and Justice in America
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Q1) The term referring to the idea that much more crime occurs than is reported to police is
A)unspoken crime.
B)dark figure of crime.
C)token crime.
D)invisible crime.
Answer: B
Q2) Identity theft is a huge problem that typically affects young,lower-class females.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) ____________________ crime is often referred to as "street crime."
Answer: Visible
Q4) Some law enforcement experts argue that the crime control model is more effective than the due process model,while some argue the opposite.Where do you stand? Use statistical trends and historical precedents to defend your position.
Answer: Answers will vary but students should have an understanding of the due process and crime control models of law enforcement..
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Chapter 2: Victimization and Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Which approach gained acceptance in the United States in the 1980s,when the conservative movement resurrected the concept of rational choice?
A)Post-classical school
B)Classical school
C)Positivist criminology
D)Neoclassical criminology
Answer: D
Q2) _________ study the role victims play in precipitating a criminal incident and the impact of crimes on victims.
Answer: Victimologists
Q3) What are the three social process theories?
A)Learning,control,and labeling
B)Biological,psychological,and sociological
C)Id,ego,and superego
D)Critical,radical,and Marxist
Answer: A
Q4) ___________ criminology maintains that human behavior is controlled by physical,mental,and social factors.
Answer: Positivist
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Chapter 3: The Criminal Justice System
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Q1) Which term describes a document that charges an individual with a specific crime,is prepared by a prosecuting attorney,and is presented to a court at a preliminary hearing?
A)Indictment
B)Information
C)Arraignment
D)Warrant
Answer: B
Q2) Congress has continued to expand the powers of the FBI.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) To achieve the goals of criminal justice,many kinds of organizations-such as police,prosecution,_______,and corrections-have been formed.
A)courts
B)defense
C)bail bonds
D)magistrate
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law
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Q1) One morning,Rashaad arrived at work feeling under the weather.By lunchtime,he decided to take sick leave and go home.Upon arriving at his house,he saw his best friend's car in the driveway.Rashaad became concerned that something might be wrong with his wife.When he opened the door to his bedroom,he found his wife and best friend in a compromising position.In shock,Rashaad grabbed his gun and shot and killed his wife and friend.Rashaad killed his wife and friend by an act of commission,also called A)mens rea.
B)concurrence.
C)actus reus.
D)causation.
Q2) When people break the law in order to save themselves or prevent a greater harm,they will likely use the defense of _______ in court.
A)self-defense
B)entrapment
C)necessity
D)duress
Q3) How does criminal law differ from civil law? Give at least three distinct examples.
Q4) ____________________ law defines offenses against society.
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Chapter 5: Police
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Q1) Which statement concerning police policy is true?
A)Decisions about how police resources will be used affect who gets arrested.
B)Officers are not limited in terms of how they investigate and pursue lawbreakers.
C)Police tend to de-emphasize their role as crime fighters.
D)Police have unlimited resources.
Q2) During the mid-twentieth century,a large number of African Americans moved from A)cities in the South to northern cities.
B)rural areas in the South to northern cities.
C)rural areas in the North to southern cities.
D)rural areas in the South to rural areas in the North.
Q3) Prior to 1970,domestic violence was viewed as a(n)____________________ affair.
Q4) In London,police commissioners named after Sir Robert Peel were called A)peelers.
B)bobbies.
C)robbers.
D)berts.
Q5) Compare and contrast the three styles of policing.
Q6) As part of a ________,police officers are expected to observe rules and obey orders while also making independent,discretionary judgments.
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Chapter 6: Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations
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Q1) ______ increases marital problems,alcohol abuse,and higher rates of suicide.
Q2) You are in charge of recruitment for your police department.How can you appeal to potential candidates? Be sure to take into consideration the many reasons individuals might join a police department.
Q3) Different departments allocate their officers in different ways-some departments have more officers on patrol than others and some departments (such as in Houston,Texas)stress criminal investigation.What factors might affect these different allocations?
Q4) What explanations address why there are fewer female officers in most police departments? Should there be efforts to change this? Why or why not?
Q5) The code of silence against turning in bad cops that is present in many police departments is a feature of A)a subculture.
B)a subcommunity.
C)a suboccupation.
D)subprofessionals.
Q6) An occupational environment affects the way a person interprets reality. A)True B)False
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Chapter 7: Policing: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
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Q1) Many citizens perceive that a significant amount of police misconduct may be hidden from public view.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sean works with the U.S.government in combating terrorism.His sole objective is to prevent another September 11th-like catastrophe from happening on U.S.soil.He works with various state and federal agencies not only to try to protect Americans from the threat of terrorism but also to try to safeguard protected constitutional rights from unneeded intrusions.Sean works to fight both domestic and international terrorism. Sean needs to balance the protection of suspects' constitutional rights with the need to prevent another terrorist event.Which piece of legislation has the potential to infringe on the rights of citizens in regard to searches and surveillance?
A)The Patriot Act
B)The Bauer Act
C)The Vigilante Act
D)The Counterterrorism Surveillance Act
Q3) Private firms are not allowed to hire public police officers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Police and Constitutional Law
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Q1) The U.S.Supreme Court applied the Fourth Amendment to the states in
A)Mapp v.Ohio (1961).
B)Terry v.Ohio (1968).
C)Chimel v.California (1969).
D)Wolf v.Colorado (1949).
Q2) The Supreme Court ruled in Chimel v.California (1969)that,in order to preserve evidence and protect the safety of the officer and the public after a lawful arrest,the arrestee and the immediate area around the arrestee may be searched for weapons and criminal evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the ___________ doctrine,officers are permitted to search and to seize evidence,without a warrant,on private property beyond the area immediately surrounding the house.
A)plain view
B)plain feel
C)open fields
D)seizure
Q4) The search and seizure clause is found in the ____________________ Amendment.
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Q5) Police officers must establish ____________________ to obtain a warrant.
Chapter 9: Courts and Pretrial Processes
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Q1) The purpose of drug courts is to divert substance abusers from incarceration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the main purpose of drug courts?
A)To mete out harsh punishments to drug offenders
B)To teach children about the dangers of drug use
C)To bring drug kingpins to trial
D)To help drug offenders overcome their addictions
Q3) An application to a court requesting that an order be issued to bring about a specified action is called a
A)dismissal.
B)rejection at screening.
C)guilty plea.
D)motion.
Q4) According to the text,what is the biggest barrier to effective justice for state courts?
A)Lack of qualified judges
B)Too few courthouses
C)Not enough police officers
D)The fragmented structure of the judicial system
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Chapter 10: Prosecution and Defense
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Q1) Scholars often view public defenders as better than assigned counsel because public defenders are full-time government employees who are specialists in criminal law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The series of events from the arrest of a suspect to the filing of a formal charge is called the _______ process.
Q3) Discuss the key relationships that prosecutors have with other actors (or personnel)in the criminal justice system.
Q4) In the _________ model,a case is accepted and charges are made only when there is enough evidence to ensure conviction.For each case the prosecutor asks,"Will this case result in a conviction?"
Q5) ________ defense attorneys now handle up to 85% of the cases in many places.
A)Publicly funded
B)Retained counsel
C)Corporate
D)Federal
Q6) Discuss some of the major issues that affect the day-to-day reality of criminal defense work in the United States.
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Chapter 11: Determination of Guilt: Plea Bargaining and Trials
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Q1) An unstable _____ lacks three criteria: close working relationships,shared values,and reasons to cooperate.
Q2) How many jury members are seated during a bench trial?
A)0
B)6
C)9 (plus one alternate)
D)12 (plus two alternates)
Q3) You are a defense attorney representing an indigent offender who was convicted on a robbery charge and wants to appeal.Your client's previous attorney did not explain the system to him,so it is up to you to explain how the process works.What will you say?
Q4) Prosecutors are being "soft on crime" when they engage in plea bargains.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Plea bargaining between defense attorney and prosecutor usually occurs in a single meeting.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the possible reasons that a defendant might have for filing an appeal.
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Q7) Traditionally,jury trials involve _______ -person juries.
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Chapter 12: Punishment and Sentencing
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Q1) Punishment that uses imprisonment or execution to prevent a person from committing additional crimes is called
A)incapacitation.
B)special deterrence.
C)rehabilitation.
D)retribution.
Q2) Probation officers play a role in sentencing by
A)preparing the presentence report for the judge.
B)always asking for leniency.
C)instructing victims about what to say at sentencing hearings.
D)working with the defense attorney to prepare each defendant's rehabilitation plan.
Q3) A determinate sentence means that the defendant determines his or her own punishment with the assistance of a counselor.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Lethal injection has been shown to violate the Eighth Amendment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) _____ indicate to judges the expected sanctions for certain offenses.
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Chapter 13: Corrections
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Q1) Discuss the pros and cons of prison privatization.
Q2) Deportation hearings are conducted by ______.
Q3) What system held prisoners in isolation at night and made them work with fellow prisoners in shops during the day?
A)Medical
B)Congregate
C)Separate confinement
D)Crime control
Q4) Due process rights require a prompt,informal,two-part inquiry before an impartial hearing in which the parolee may present relevant information and confront witnesses,according to the Supreme Court decision ______.
Q5) Under the ______ system,inmates start with a number of points based on the severity of their crime,and can reduce their points with good behavior,labor,and educational achievement,thereby reducing their term.
Q6) The administration of prisons is the responsibility of the _____ branch of government.
Q7) Jails are predominantly filled with women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions
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Q1) Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.In the middle of the night,Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.Two days prior,this same client had failed a drug test.If Chan Le tries to have his client's probation revoked,the client will first need to have a(n)
A)preliminary hearing.
B)disposition.
C)adjudication.
D)finding of fact hearing.
Q2) You are the chief technology officer for the Missouri Department of Corrections.Your immediate supervisor has asked you to write a report on the different ways technology can be used to monitor offenders.Your report should inform her about various kinds of technology being used across the country,which types are the most effective,and potential civil rights concerns.
Q3) _____ occurs when the use of intermediate sanctions results in more people coming under the control of the criminal justice system than would have otherwise.
Q4) A return to criminal behavior is called ______ .
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Chapter 15: Incarceration and Prison Society
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Q1) The factors of total power,rewards and punishments,exchange relationships,and inmate leadership
A)exist only in a few prisons.
B)exist only in state prisons.
C)exist only in federal prisons.
D)make prisons more difficult to govern than other institutions.
Q2) Approximately ________ of state prisoners have not completed their high school education.
A)20%
B)40%
C)60%
D)80%
Q3) Discuss how correctional staff is organized and how prisons are designed.
Q4) What special issues must prison administrators consider when implementing programs for female inmates? Should women have a different standard of punishment? Why or why not? Could such differences be considered gender discrimination?
Q5) Officers who establish _______,or secret,relationships can be manipulated by prisoners into smuggling contraband or committing other illegal acts.
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Chapter 16: Reentry Into the Community
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Q1) Discretionary release is sometimes criticized for following judicial recommendations too closely.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How can budget cuts affect the use of parole?
Q3) ___________ can,through early release,shorten the sentence given by a judge.
A)Prison wardens
B)State legislators
C)Parole boards
D)Probation boards
Q4) The parole board has decided to release Beth after eight years of incarceration.This is an example of _________ release.
A)discretionary
B)mandatory
C)conditional
D)expiration
Q5) Media coverage of parole and parolees tends to be sympathetic and understanding.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ courts may help offenders reintegrate into the community.
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Chapter 17: Juvenile Justice
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Q1) The process of determining whether a juvenile is guilty of a crime is known as ______.
Q2) Of all juvenile arrests,the percentage of arrests for homicide is relatively small.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The standard of proof for juveniles to become classified as delinquents is "beyond a reasonable doubt."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Devise a strategy to combat juvenile cybercrime,including cyberbullying and sexting.How you would implement your strategy?
Q5) Which statement is accurate?
A)Offenses committed by juveniles are mostly violations of state law.
B)Offenses committed by juveniles are mostly violations of federal law.
C)Offenses committed by juveniles violate state and federal laws at roughly the same rate.
D)Offenses committed by juveniles are mostly violations of municipal law.
Q6) The punitive era of juvenile justice (1980-2005)is known as the _____ period.
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